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Marriage:
Recommended Reading
For a Healthy Mind in a Healthy Body
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Couple Skills : Making Your Relationship
Work by
Matthew McKay, Patrick Fanning.
A
self-help book which teaches communication skills designed
to nurture healthy, lasting relationships. Recommended
for pre-marital counseling, relationship enrichment and
for those struggling with communication breakdown in their
relationship.
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Passionate Marriage : Love, Sex, and
Intimacy in Emotionally Committed Relationships
by David Schnarch. The
author focuses on inner strengths to reaffirm and re-ignite
intimacy and passion in your sexual relationship. Recommended
reading for all committed couples and for those considering
a long-term relationship.
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Fighting for Your Marriage : Positive
Steps for Preventing Divorce and Preserving a Lasting Love by
Howard Markman, Scott Stanley, Susan L. Blumberg, Dean S.
Edell. How
to develop skills that can prevent marital problems and
divorce by the developers of PREP (Prevention and Relationship
Enhancement Program). Well worth reading for any couple
, especially those struggling with communication, problem
solving and conflict resolution. Would also make good
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Why Marriages Succeed or Fail
: And How You Can Make Yours Last
by
John Gottman, Nan Silver.
Based
on research into the characteristics of married couples.
Gottman is a professor of psychology at Washington University
and a "Marriage Researcher" who claims to be able to accurately
predict the future of marriages with a 90% accuracy rate.
A bit "cook bookish" but good if you like quizzes and
analyzing your relationship. Very useful information and
exercises on problem-solving and ways of resolving conflict.
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The New Intimacy : Discovering the
Magic at the Heart of Your Differences by
Judith Sherven, James Sniechowski. About
finding love and intimacy in the midst of differences.
How to understand, nurture, grow from and enjoy the differences
between you. Recommended for relationship enrichment. |
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Divorce Busting : A Revolutionary
and Rapid Program for Staying Together
by Michele Weiner-Davis. An
alternative to divorce - a step-by step approach to transforming
an unhappy marriage - may be used even if only one partner
participates. The Solution-Oriented Brief Therapy approach
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The 100 Best Ways to
Stay Together:
by Ben White.
Down-to-earth
and humorous, yet still enlightening and full of useful
tips to strengthen and enrich your relationship. A quick
read for those who do not have time for lengthy books
or as a supplement to your reading. A good gift for newly
weds!
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How One of You Can Bring the Two of
You Together:
Breakthrough Strategies to Resolve Your Conflicts and Reignite
Your Love
by Susan Page. Based
on the premise that what you do in a
relationship makes changes faster than what you say.
From dealing with resentment and blame to recapturing
lost intimacy. How to change your own attitude and behaviour
in order to improve your relationship. An excellent book
which helps the reader to take responsibility for her/himself
in the quest for a fulfilling relationship. A practical
and straightforward approach for those who tend to be
sceptical of "psycho-babble". |
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